Cattle-guard.



PATENTED DEG. 27, 1904. J. Al FERRIBEL. 4

CATTLE GUARD.

APPLIGATION FILED spPT. 17, 1904.

' UNITED STATES Patented December 27, 1904.

PATENT OEEICE.

CATTLE-GUARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 778,235, datedlDecember27, 1904.

i Application led September 17, 1904. Serial No. 224,880. Y

To all whomT t may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES ALBERT FER- RIEEL, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Newhaven, in thecounty of Nelson and State ofKentucky, have invented a new and useful Cattle-Guard, of which thefollowing is a speciiication.

This invention relates to cattle or stockl guards for railways, and hasfor its object to improve the construction and increase the efciency ofapparatus of this character.

With these and other objects in view, which will appear as the nature ofthe invention is better understood, the same consists in certain novelfeatures of construction, as hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this speciiication, andin which corresponding parts are denoted by like designating characters,is illustrated the preferred form of the embodiment of the inventioncapable of carrying thesame into practical operation, it beingunderstood that the invention is not necessarily limited thereto, asvarious-changes in the shape, proportions, and general assemblage of thepartsmay be resorted to without departing from the princi-- ple of theinvention or sacrificing any of its advantages.

In the drawings thus employed, Figure'l is a plan view, and Fig. 2 is alongitudinal secy tional elevation ofthe same.

The improved device comprises spaced sill members 10 11,y connected atthe ,ends by transverse tie-plates 12 13, the latter resting uponordinary cross-ties 14 15, embedded in the ballastWl. The railway-rails17 18 rest upon the sill members and are secured thereto by spikes orbolts in the usual manner. The sill-pieces will generally be aboutsixteen feet long and about ten by twelve inches in transverse section,while the end members 12 at the ends, so that small animals fallingtherein can readily escape. The sill members are connected atd suitableintervals between the pits by transverse tie members 23, thelatterhaving dovetailed sections for fitting dovetailcavities in the members10 11 to bind the sill members firmly together. The tie members 23 arecovered for protection by sheet metal, as at 24 in Fig. 2, and alsoprovided with numerous vertically-extending spurs 25, which reach nearlyto a point even with the upper surfacesof the rails 17 18. rlhe spursmay be of any desired size and any number may be employed,`but willgenerally be formed of large spikes driven through the members 23, asindicated. y

Extending transversely through the sill members 10 11, above the innersides of the pits 21 22, are rods 26 27, upon which a series of sleeves28 'are mounted for rotation,

thel sleeves carrying radiating wings or blades 29. The winged sleevesare located both between the sill members and exteriorly of the same orbetween the sill members and fencesections, thus filling the whole spacebetween the fence-sections.

A device thus constructed and installed will effectually protect therailway-line at roadcrossings or between fields, and any attempt ofanimals to pass thereover will be'frustrated. Small animals, such asswine or the like, will tumble into the pits 2l or 22, and any attempt`to climb out on one side will be'efiectually preventedby the rollingguards, and if the animal is too small to climb out from the same sideat which it entered` it can readily escape by passing beneath the sillmembers and the fence-sections. If larger animals, such as horses orcattle, attempt to pass and are not deterred by the pits 21 22 they willbe effectually repulsed by the spurs in the members 23.

The device is simple in construction, can be readily installed at allforms of railway-.crossings, and will very effectually preventthepassage of all sizes and kinds o f stock.

rlhe sheathing of the members 23 protects them and increases theirdurability and prolongs their life The rods will preferably be providedwith binding-nuts on their ends IOO to hold the winged sleeves inposition. The fence-sections may be of any desired kind; but barbed wirewill generally be employed as being more effective in repelling theanimals who may come in contact therewith and likewise rendering it verydifficult for pedestrians to pass the barrier offered by the coaction ofthe guards disposed between the rails and adjacent to the outer sides ofthe same and above one side of said pit.

2. In a cattle-guard, a pit extending transversely beneath the rails andopen at the end beyond the sides of the track and a plurality ofindependently-rotating guards disposed between the rails and adjacent tothe outer sides of the same and above one side of the pit.

3. In a cattle-guard, fence-sections spaced apart along the sides of thetrack and deining the area to be guarded, pits disposed transverselybeneath the rails at the ends of said guarded area and open at the endsbeneath said fence-sections and rotating guards arranged between therails and between the fence-sections and rails and above the inner sidesof said pits.

4E. In a cattle-guard, fence-sections spaced apart along the sides ofthe track and defining the area to be guarded, pits disposedtransversely beneath the rails at the ends of said guarded area and openat the ends beneath said fence-sections, and a plurality ofindependently-rotating guards disposed between the rails and between thetence-sections and rails and above .the inner sides of said pits.

5. In a cattle-guard, fence-sections spaced apart along the sides of thetrack and defining the area to be guarded, pits disposed transverselybeneath the rails at the ends of said guarded area and open at the endsbeneath said fence-sections rotating guards arranged between the railsand between the fence-sections and rails and above the inner sides ofsaid pits and spaced members disposed transversely of the rails andbetween said pits and provided with spurs.

6. In a cattle-guard, spaced sill members for supporting therailway-rails longitiulinally of the same, fence-sections spaced apartopposite the sill members, pits disposed transversely beneath the endsof said sill members and open at the ends and extending beneath saidtencesections, rods transversely through said sill members above theinner sides of said pits and guards having radiating wings and mountedfor rotation upon said rods.

7. In a cattle-guard, spaced sill lnembers for supporting therailway-rails longitudinally ot' the same, fence-sections spaced apartopposite the sill members pits disposed transversely beneath the ends ofsaid sill members and open at the ends and extending beneath saidkfencesections, rods transversely through said sill members above theinner sides of said pits, guards having radiating wings and mounted forrotation upon said rods, spaced member connecting said sill membersbetween said pits and provided with vertical spurs.

8. In a cattle-guard, spaced sill members for supporting therailway-rails longitud inally of the same, fence-sections spaced apartopposite the sill members pits disposed transversely beneath the ends ofsaid sill members and open at the ends and extending beneath saidtencesections, rods transversely through said sill members above theinner sides of said pits guards having radiating wings and mounted forrotation upon said rods spaced tie members having dovetailed cavities insaid sill members and provided with vertical spurs.

9. A cattle-guard having a pit disposed transversely beneath the railsof a railwaytrack, and a rotatable guard disposed lengthwise of the pitadjacent the top thereof.

10. A cattle-guard having a pit disposed transversely beneath the railsoln a railwaytrack with its top andopposite ends open, and a rotatableguard disposed lengthwise of the pitadjacent the top thereof.

1l. A cattle-guard having spaced pits disposed transversely beneath therails oli a railway-track, a guard between the pits and provided withupstanding guard projections, and rotatable guards disposed lengthwiseof the pits adjacent the tops thereof and at their inner sides.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as IOO my own I have heretoaiiixed my signature in i the presence ot' two witnesses.

JAMES ALBERT FERR-MGEL.

Witnesses:

BERNARD BOWLING, GREEN B. PRICE, Jr.

